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BREAKING[Lekki Shootings]: CNN Snubs Invitation By Lagos Panel

Dec 12, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

Cable News Network (CNN) has snubbed a summon by the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution of Victims of SARS Related Abuses for its Team of Reporters to appear before it today, December 12, to give evidence on their reportage of the #EndSARS Lekki shooting. The foreign media house contended that it does not … Read more

#EndSARS: Why I Didn’t Visit Lekki Toll-Gate After Shooting – LCC MD

Dec 12, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Lagos Panel Warns Police Against Delaying Proceedings

Abayomi Omomuwasan, managing director of Lekki Concession Company (LCC), has revealed why he didn’t visit the Lekki toll-gate after the October 20 shooting incident. Eko Hot Blog recalls that, after weeks of #EndSARS protests, soldiers were deployed to the Lekki tollgate on October 20 and fire was opened on peaceful and unarmed protesters leaving yet … Read more

Fayemi: I was An #EndSARS Protester But..

Dec 12, 2020.Dec 11, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, says he was fiery and irrepressible activist in his younger years but he knew when to put out the fire of activism so as not be consumed by it. Fayemi who spoke at a symposium organised by the Harvard Kenny School Alumni Association of Nigeria, on Friday, said he … Read more

BREAKING: #EndSARS Protesters Ask Panel To Summon Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, Others

Dec 11, 2020.Dec 11, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

The counsel for the #EndSARS protesters, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana has asked the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters to summon Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and 12 others. He made this request in a December 9 application to panel chairman, Judge Emeritus Doris … Read more

DSS Arrests Osun Leader Of #EndSARS Protesters, Emmanuel Adebayo

Dec 10, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

An EndSARS protest leader, Emmanuel Adebayo, popularly known as Captain, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Osun State.

Ekohotblog gathered that he was arrested for posing as an officer of the Nigerian Army after a petition addressed to the DSS Command.

It could be recalled that Adebayo led the second wave of #EndSARS protest in Osogbo on Monday.

He led some youth to Osun State House of Assembly after they marched from Ogo-Oluwa area with placards with several inscriptions.

The placards read; “We are not fighting for any political party”, “#End Bad Judiciary in Nigeria”, ” #End fake judicial panel of Inquiry in Osun”, “Unfreeze all the frozen accounts”, ” We are Nigerian youths,” among others.

They demanded that the Federal Government should order Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the accounts of protesters, release all the detained protesters, probe the statement made by Police O/C legal, F. B Osei of valuing the worth of human life during the sitting of the panel and Osun Government should dissolve the panel of inquiry which is looking into cases of police brutality and extra-judicial killings.

#EndSARS Protests Will Continue, Says Aisha

Dec 9, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Aisha Yesufu, a human rights activist and staunch promoter of the #EndSARS movement, has maintained that the protests against police brutality bad governance have not come to an ended Ekohotblog reports that Yesufu remarks is coming amid federal government insistence to supress another round of demonstration. In October, youth across the country took to the … Read more

#EndSARS: When In Danger, Open Fire – IGP Tells Police Officers

Dec 9, 2020.Dec 9, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), has told officers of the force not to hesitate to use their firearms when their lives are threatened. Speaking when he visited the headquarters of the Ebonyi police command on Tuesday, Adamu said the police would squashed any violent protests with brute and maximum force. Ekohotblog reports that the … Read more

#EndSARS: Buhari’s Aide Warns Nigerians

Dec 8, 2020.Dec 8, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Ahmad Bashir has warned Lagosians and Nigerians at large to desist from hiding under the guise of the #EndSARS protest to incite more chaos in Lagos State. Ahmad reminded Nigerians that the defunct unit of the police force, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, has been disbanded, thereby … Read more

#EndSARS: Fresh Protests Ongoing Across Various States In Nigeria [VIDEO]

Dec 7, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

The second wave of #EndSARS protest has commenced in Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja. Demonstrators have returned to Lekki toll plaza, the scene of the military shooting currently under probe.They marched through the streets of the states, demanding justice for slain innocent protesters and fundamental human rights. https://twitter.com/EndsarsAisha/status/1335880756158193664?s=20 In Osogbo, the protesters led by Emmanuel Adebisi … Read more

Osogbo Youths Begins Fresh #EndSARS Protest

Dec 7, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Some youths under the aegis of Face of #EndSARS Movement, on Monday, held a protest in Osogbo, Osun State capital. They marched through the streets of Osogbo to the Osun State House of Assembly, demanding an audience with the leadership of the Assembly. Read Also: Insecurity: Buhari Hails Nigerian Army The led by Emmanuel Adebisi … Read more

Jane Obiene, #EndSARS Protester, Gets New Prosthetic Leg

Dec 7, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

A Female protester who gained popularity during the #EndSARS protests for coming out to join demonstrations despite being physically challenged has finally received a new prosthetic leg with the money Nigerians donated for her. READ ALSO: #EndSARS: Buhari Vows To Deal With Any Act Of Hooliganism The young lady, identified as Jane Obiene inspired many … Read more

#EndSARS: Buhari Vows To Deal With Any Act Of Hooliganism

Dec 7, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), has vowed to deal decisively with any act of hooliganism connected to the planned resuscitation of the #EndSARS protests across the country. Eko Hot Blog had earlier reported that a significant fraction of protesters have whipped momentum towards the revival of the nationwide demonstrations which came to an end … Read more

#EndSARS: Security Operatives Parade Lagos To Ward Off Protests

Dec 7, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The Lagos State Government has intensified efforts to repel an anticipated resuscitation of the #EndSARS protests in the state. Eko Hot Blog gathered that soldiers and police officers have been deployed to the suspected nerve centres of the protests, the Lekki Toll Gate as well as Opebi, Alausa areas in the state capital, Ikeja. The … Read more

#EndSARS: Emir Of Kano Visits Sanwo-Olu

Dec 7, 2020.Dec 7, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, on Sunday, visited Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to commiserate with him over the violence and destruction that characterised the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest. Addressing reporters after a closed door meeting with the governor, the revered monarch said the visit became imperative in light of the recent developments … Read more

#EndSARS: Police Vow To Quash Any Protests In Lagos

Dec 6, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The Lagos Police Command has once again cautioned against the resuscitation of EndSARS gatherings in the state. Eko Hot Blog gathered that demonstrations are expected to resume on Monday December 7, 2020 at designated locations across the metropolis. Muyiwa Adejobi, Police Public Relations Officer in a statement on Sunday said “unpatriotic individuals and groups are … Read more

#EndSARS: No One Died At Lekki Toll-Gate, Army Insists

Dec 5, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, says nobody was killed during the #EndSARS protest at Lekki toll gate in Lagos State. The Army chief, who spoke at the decoration of 39 newly promoted Major Generals, on Friday in Abuja, insisted that there was no corpse during the protest at Lekki toll … Read more

#EndSARS: Stop Victimizing Police Officers At Their Duty Post —Lai Mohammed Urges Nigerians

Dec 5, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The Federal Government on Friday appealed to Nigerians to stop victimizing security personnel, including police officers at their duty post. The government, therefore urged citizens to empathize with and appreciate them instead. This call was made by the Minister Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, while meeting with title editors of Nigerian newspapers in Lagos. Mohammed … Read more

#EndSARS: Lekki Shooting Survivors Storm Judicial Panel, Demand Justice

Dec 5, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Victims of the shooting incident at Lekki tollgate in Lagos on October 20, 2020, on Friday bieseged the state’s Court of Arbitration. Soldiers from Dodan barrack had invaded the Lekki toll-gate, the major protest ground, for the #EndSARS demonstration, on October 20 and allegedly opened fire on peaceful and unarmed protesters leaving, a yet to … Read more

#EndSARS: Media Focused On ‘Fake’ Massacre, Ignored Killing Of Police Officers – Lai

Dec 4, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Digital Switch Over: No State Will Be Left Out — Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says media houses, during the crisis that trailed the #EndSARS protests, gave prominence to what he described as ‘fake’ massacre at the Lekki toll-gate while the attack on security operatives and police formations was ignored. In October, soldiers stormed Lekki toll-gate, the major convergence point for the #EndSARS … Read more

BREAKING: Police Withdraw Suit Against #EndSARS Probe Panels

Dec 4, 2020.Dec 4, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja to withdraw the suit it filed to stop various panels probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of impunity by police officials, particularly men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1492/2020 was filed on November 9, 2020 by … Read more